/*
 * Created on 29-Apr-2005
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

package com.aelitis.azureus.core.util.bloom;

import java.util.Map;

public interface BloomFilter {
    public int add(byte[] value);

    public int remove(byte[] value);

    public boolean contains(byte[] value);

    public int count(byte[] value);

    /**
     * Returns number of unique entries
     * 
     * @return
     */

    public int getEntryCount();

    public void clear();

    public long getStartTimeMono();

    /**
     * Returns overall capacity
     * 
     * @return
     */

    public int getSize();

    public BloomFilter getReplica();

    public Map<String, Object> serialiseToMap();

    public String getString();
}
